Subliminal Beef    

     Twitter has definitely been the gateway for cyber thugs. The fact that you can address someone without actually addressing them, is crazy. Nonetheless, its annoying! Why follow someone you are going to talk shit to, without talking shit to? Either you get over it (because its never that big of a deal with a 140 character limit) or you address the person and keep it real. It’s not rocket science kiddos. I myself has been a victim of the infamous “subliminal tweets”. I was more ticked off about the person taking the situation pass the last tweet I sent her more than anything. I just took upon myself to have fun with it.  I know how people are. We are all very predictable. So I knew the next day the subliminal tweets would be replaced with “Goodmorning @vonnaellysse” , so why should I be mad? 

      Another one of my pet peeves on twitter is when people have an issue with replies they get on twitter. Surprisingly, there are number of people whom I follow who although tweets endlessly about nothing, do not want you to reply unless they are speaking to you. Now, If you are going to tweet random shit about every day life and not expect anyone to respond, kill yourself. OR, send text messages to yourself. Hell, go in the bathroom, look in the mirror, and talk to yourself! Twitter is not the place for PSYCHOS! Common things I see on my timeline: 

"Don’t fucking correct me over twitter”

“If I wasn’t effn talking to you don’t send me a reply” 

“If I wanted your opinion I would have asked you”

     Twitter is an online social network. Which means people are supposed to SOCIALIZE. And what that means is talk to other people, and hold some sort of conversation about anything! If you don’t want to communicate I suggests you delete your account or open up your mind for some new experiences. 

Dear Nicki Minaj, you can’t sit with us !

    I’ve been on Nicki for awhile. I first heard on Lil’ Wayne’s Da Drought 3, “Can’t Stop, won’t Stop”. She was fireee! She ended up releasing more shit and doing interviews and I was really amazed. There was  new female rapper in the game and she was DOPE! Then along came twitter .... And Barbie Nation, and green wigs and eye shadow.  I am not the one to knock originality and uniqueness. I love Lady Gaga for wearing a bird’s nest on her face and I don’t even like her album. But I respect the boldness. But Nicki....I just cannot get with all the sudden changes. First she was raw, straight out of Queens and of course we loved that. And then she switched it up to be the preppy, preppy pretty Barbie. Even that was fine. But now, she is a FREAK. Like, not in a good way. Ass shots, breast implants, green wigs & eyeshadow, metallic suits, NICKI who are you trying to be??? All Im seeing is a mixture of Lil’ Kim and Lady Gaga in ALL of her videos and performances. Although she said she is not trying to mock Lil’ Kim, she is. 

Be original. The barbie idea wasn’t a bad idea. Calling your fans barbies and kens and creating this whole new nation where you embrace fans was an EXCELLENT marketing strategy. Choose something and stick to it, otherwise you lose credibility (in my book). Don’t get cocky and claim  you are the first to ever do it, pay homage. Too many people support her without any common since. Girls walk around with a weave half blond & half black and they are copying Nicki Minaj. Why not Cruella Deville? I feel like too many times we give artists too much credit for the shit that they do. Just because they make more money while doing it, does not make them the originator or creator. If we follow each other for the rest of our lives then we’ll keep going in circles ... 

THEN LET ME BE GHETTO !

     
       It’s the constant phrase always thrown my way. “you’re ghetto”. Each time , I never get mad. However, its gets tiring. At this age I expect the capacities of people’s minds to expand, but Im afraid they don’t. I KNOW who I am. Which means I have KNOWLEDGE  of myself. So why take your time to decided when your opinion matters, when it really doesn’t? Of course this is why I never care when people call me ghetto.  However, in my opinion, if these things were considered there will be less ignorant people in my presence. 

1. I can talk the same EXACT  way and come from somewhere differently than where I grew up, and I will not be called ghetto. Let’s say, beverly hills. (These same people clown me from sounding “proper”, you see the ignorance,  I mean irony ?)
2. How can you have anything to say about where I live when you live 5 minutes away? Watts is surrounded by other poor areas, South Central, Lynwood, Southgate, and last but not least COMPTON! But for some reason these people still fix their mind sets to believe that somehow they have it better, why? True, the Nickersons are projects. Brick Buildings consisting of over 1000 apartments but these buildings do not make us any less smarter, any less poorer, or any less  human than anyone in the surrounding neighborhoods. We don’t get more food stamps, more payless shoes, more rats and roaches, more gunshots then your neighborhood (and I bet $$$ that its much less!). So stop with stereotyping, you’re not going anywhere. 
3. Thirdly, the judgmental part of these attitudes often stem from parents, in my opinion. I had a friend who lived in Compton once. Her mom told me to not go to Spelman College because it was “like the projects”. One, this was rude considering the fact she’s a grown ass woman and knew where I stayed. And two, what sense does that make??? The inside of her house was clean. But when I say they did NOT have a front or back yard .... She lives in a run down house in Compton and she’s pointing fingers, your parents are dumb. They should know better.

   I can go on for years with this list and the world will still be the same. The point i’m trying to make is people judge harshly off their insecurities. You are ashamed of where you come from so you try and distinguish yourself against something else? It happens all the time. Fat girls talk about dark girls. CooI/popular people chastise the nerdy/smart people. It’s an ongoing cycle. But, you know the old saying, “people with glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”.  Eventually the finger will be pointing at you and the I’ll be the only one laughing. That’s how life is. I really don’t care about people calling me ghetto. I never have. As long as you know where I come from and were I’m going, there are no discrepancies. I’m real, I’m blunt, I’m smart, and I’m beautiful, I can’t please everyone right? Right :)